{"id":355,"date":"2017-10-01T22:23:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T21:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/?p=355"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:41:45","slug":"back-uk-still-lots-tell-today-darwins-finches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/back-uk-still-lots-tell-today-darwins-finches\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the UK, but still lots to tell you about.  Today, Darwin&#8217;s Finches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry that I haven&#8217;t posted for a few days, I arrived back on Friday 29th, and have just about recovered from the 46 hour journey to get home.<\/p>\n<p>I still have a lot to show you about finches, and plants, tortoises and fish (amongst other things).<\/p>\n<p>I will start with a few finches.\u00a0 They are extremely difficult to identify, and I am not surprised that Darwin overlooked them in favour of the louder and generally &#8216;more shouty&#8217; mocking birds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-314\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f8f-300x296.jpeg\" alt=\"Geospiza magnirostris, the large ground finch\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" 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src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f6c-245x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Geospiza scandens, the cactus ground finch\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f6c-245x300.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f6c-768x940.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f6c.jpeg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geospiza scandens, the cactus ground finch, approx 14cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These four birds (all males) are almost identical (the large ground finch is still immature, so his plumage is not completely black) except for their beaks.\u00a0 I am not an (expert) ornithologist, and looking at these birds it took me absolutely ages to be able to tell the difference between the 4 species above, but I think that I have it:<\/p>\n<p><em>Geospiza magnirostris<\/em> has the largest beak which runs straight into the head, so there is no &#8216;forehead&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Geospiza fortis<\/em> has a &#8216;large&#8217; beak, but there is a forehead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Geospiza fuliginosa<\/em> has a small beak and a resulting &#8216;high&#8217; forehead.<\/p>\n<p><em>Geospiza scandens <\/em>has a similar beak to forehead ratio as <em>G. fortis<\/em>, but the beak is much longer and sharper looking.\u00a0 Here is a female cactus ground finch that shows the beak really well:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-330\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f78-300x292.jpeg\" alt=\"female G. scandens with a longer (than deep) beak compared with G. fortis\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f78-300x292.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f78-768x747.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f78-1024x996.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f78.jpeg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">female G. scandens with a longer (than deep) beak compared with G. fortis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The easiest finch to identify is the warbler finch, <em>Certhidea sp.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is the smallest finch, and has the closest thing that any of these lovely little birds have to a song.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-338\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f72-300x258.jpeg\" alt=\"Certhidea sp. the warbler finch\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f72-300x258.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/evolution21stcentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2017\/09\/fullsizeoutput_1f72.jpeg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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